Re: [8/11] Native MSVC support (dashl-xform)

[Peter Rosin]

On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 11:32:16PM +0200, Peter Rosin wrote:
> MSVC doesn't support the -l option, instead it expects the exact library
> file name. Retain the -l option as long as possible as libtool
> recognizes -l internally. Then, as late as possible transform the -l
> option to an exact file name (-lfoo -> foo.lib).
> 
>       * libltdl/m4/libtool.m4: Add tag variable dashl_xform which
>       specifies how to transform -l options for the linker.
>       * libltdl/config/ltmain.m4sh (func_mode_link): Transform -l
>       options using dashl_xform right before creating the
>       program or library.

The changes in this patch to ltmain.m4sh have been the source of
most of the deeper concerns (methinks).

Previous discussion about this patch ended here:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool-patches/2006-02/msg00088.html

Cheers,
Peter